groyne
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From Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Medieval Latin grunnium (“snout”), from Latin grunnire (“grunt like a pig”).
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Wikipedia groyne (plural groynes)
- A (usually wooden) structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- Our assimilation into one another had been beautifully timed, with each little revelation of unpleasantness acting as a modest baffler, a groyne to our mutual inundation. Now all of this was going to be flooded, drenched in poisonous ichor.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
